Profit From Websites With 7 Commandments of Blogging
Published on February 10, 2014
Published on Wealthy Affiliate — a platform for building real online businesses with modern training and AI.
So, you have come to WA to learn how to profit from websites. But as time goes by, you learn that it's not quite as easy as you thought. The money you hoped for is not falling like ripe apples from a tree. Now what?
Gaining profit from websites is not rocket science; but, there are a few required elements like:
- An easily rankable domain
- Building a simple website
- Promoting your own product funnel or affiliate products
- Tons of targeted traffic
teaches you how to find a great domain name, how to build a nice-looking, simple website and how to monetize your site with affiliate products. Once your site is launched, the next phase is driving traffic.Obviously, the more traffic you have, the more profit from websites you will have.
But before you do the SEO work, article writing, social media and other traffic driving techniques, you must work on writing a blog post that your audience wants to read.
Excellent bloggers make money with their blogs through a combination of pay-per- click advertising, sponsored ads, promoting their own information products or reviewing and promoting the products of others.
Every blog should have a few simple features.By adhering to the checklist below, you will find it easier to write blogs for your website.
The 7 Commandments of Blogging
1. Title:
•Make your title interesting and informative.
•Be sure to include top keywords you want to rank for in your title.
•No more than 60 characters in the title of your post.
2. Format:
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•Choose an eye-catching format for your blog post.
•Use headings and sub-headings with ranking keywords to organize content.
•Keep colors and fonts consistent.
3. Well-written Content:
•Double check for spelling and grammatical errors.
•Use easy to understand language.
•Write in the second voice as though you are speaking directly to your reader.
4. Diversified Content:
•Keep your blog lively and entertaining by adding Info graphics, how-to videos and slide shows.
•Invite guest bloggers to add articles of interest.
5. Colorful Graphics:
•Original, colorful graphics will add interest to your blog.
• Improve your SEO ranking by adding a meaningful caption to each graphic image.
6. Link to Relevant Content:
•Link internally to other (non-competing) blogs and authority sites to support your content.
•Use links from your posts to your landing pages and other posts.
7. Add a Call to Action:
•Make sure each blog post has a specific call to action.
• Your CTA could be “Please leave your comment” or “Download my Free eBook”.

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